Welcome back and we were thinking it was a good track for batting after all the pitch report, contrasting views, well after the first innings it looks a slow wicket, I might be proved again by the Rajasthan batsmen, stay tuned.

0.1

Nannes to Quiney,
no run,
bit of swing and that goes through to the keeper

0.2

Nannes to Quiney,
1 wide,
quicker delivery but this one is directed down the leg side and that's a wide

0.2

Nannes to Quiney,
no run,
good length delivery, pitched outside the off stump and swinging away, no shot offered

0.3

Nannes to Quiney,
1 wide,
way outside the off stump

0.3

Nannes to Quiney,
FOUR,
in the slot outside the off stump and Quiney thuds it through covers for the first boundary of the innings

0.4

Nannes to Quiney,
no run,
short of a good length delivery, this one came back in with the angle and is defended down on the leg side

Nehra to Quiney,
no run,
forced away towards point, no room for a single there

3.2

Nehra to Quiney,
no run,
good length delivery, in the slot outside the off stump and Quiney safely plays it away towards gully

3.3

Nehra to Quiney,
OUT,
good length delivery, this one kept a bit low and came in with the angle. Quiney goes for the pull and gets beaten by a long way, ball thuds into the pad and Nehra's throat bursting appeal is upheld by umpire Baxter.

RJ Quiney lbw b Nehra 4 (9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 44.44

Hawk Eye says it is hitting top of off.

3.4

Nehra to Asnodkar,
no run,
pushed away towards point, Asnodkar calls for the single and is sent back

3.5

Nehra to Asnodkar,
no run,
worked away with no real intention

3.6

Nehra to Asnodkar,
1 run,
worked away to fine leg, end of a successful over

Sangwan to Asnodkar,
FOUR,
good length and angling across the right-hander - Asnodkar pushes forward and hits through the line, ball clips the outside edge and flies away to the backward point fence.

4.2

Sangwan to Asnodkar,
no run,
punched down to long-on

4.3

Sangwan to Asnodkar,
no run,
on the middle and leg stump line, Asnodkar gets behind the line and plays it down

4.4

Sangwan to Asnodkar,
SIX,
pitched up on the pads and Asnodkar leans forward and clips it over the backward square leg fence, good clean hit

4.5

Sangwan to Asnodkar,
OUT,
played down to mid-on and a suicidal run is called for, direct hit at the bowler's end from Mishra, who moved in quickly from from the edge of the circle, and Asnodkar is history

SA Asnodkar run out 11 (8b 1x4 1x6) SR: 137.50

He was picking the ball well and it looked as if he was in for a big one but...

4.6

Sangwan to Smith,
no run,
good length delivery outside the off stump, Smith safely plays it away on the off side

Dilshan to Smith,
no run,
strikes the pad as he looks to play to the onside, loud appeal turned down, was a close thing. Smith is lucky to be there.

9.3

Dilshan to Smith,
1 run,
moves back and works it to deep square leg.

9.4

Dilshan to Jadeja,
1 run,
chops it away to the sweeper in the deep on the off side.

9.5

Dilshan to Smith,
1 run,
cuts and gets an inside edge past the stumps and to short fine leg, direct hit would have been interesting.

9.6

Dilshan to Jadeja,
no run,
pushes to cover straight to the fielder.

Time for a strategic time out. Lot to plan for both the teams. Royals require 84 runs from 60 balls, if they bat sensibly they can easily win this. Delhi need more wickets to get the match in their control. It promises to be a fantastic finish, stay tuned.

Welcome back, Vettori is the key for Delhi, he is yet to bowl. Mishra to continue.

10.1

Mishra to Smith,
1 run,
works it behind square leg for a single.

10.2

Mishra to Jadeja,
2 runs,
hit in the air down the ground to long off, comes back for the second run, good running from Smith.

10.3

Mishra to Jadeja,
OUT,
a loose shot from Jadeja, tosses it up and he hits in the air straight down the throat of Sangwan at long off.

RA Jadeja c Sangwan b Mishra 16 (13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 123.07

Once again a wicket after the strategic time out.

10.4

Mishra to Smith,
1 run,
driven down the ground to long on.

Warne is the new batsman.

10.5

Mishra to Warne,
no run,
looking to work it through the onside, takes it low on the pad.

10.6

Mishra to Warne,
OUT,
swings and misses, Karthik collects the ball and whips off the bails, Warne drags his foot outside the crease, referred to the third umpire, OUT comes up on the screen and Warne has to go.

Vettori to Smith,
1 run,
turned away off the back-foot to the midwicket region

12.2

Vettori to Pathan,
2 runs,
short delivery outside the off stump, Pathan waits on this one and plays it away to wide long-on. The first run is taken quickly and they scamper back for the second

12.3

Vettori to Pathan,
SIX,
outside the off stump, Pathan swings across the line - good old slog sweep and the ball flies over the midwicket fence

12.4

Vettori to Pathan,
SIX,
another one! flat delivery outside the off stump, once again Pathan slogs across the line and the ball files off the meat of the bat to the midwicket fence. That's more like it

12.5

Vettori to Pathan,
no run,
played straight back to the bowler

12.6

Vettori to Pathan,
FOUR,
fuller length delivery and Pathan hammers it straight back past the bowler to long-off, poor fielding in the deep and the ball rolls over the ropes. End of a massive over for the Royals

Sangwan to Smith,
1 run,
taps it away towards gully and they scamper through for a dangerous single, Dilshan moving in fails to hit the stumps and Pathan makes it across safely. Direct hit and Pathan would have been history

13.2

Sangwan to Pathan,
no run,
defended down on the leg side

13.3

Sangwan to Pathan,
2 leg byes,
played away off the back-foot to the backward square leg region and they come back for the second, the fielder misses the pick-up under pressure and no damage is done

13.4

Sangwan to Pathan,
1 run,
punched down to long-off

13.5

Sangwan to Smith,
1 run,
short off a good length delivery, Smith plays late and taps it away behind the wicket on the off side

13.6

Sangwan to Pathan,
1 run,
on the middle and off stump line, Pathan comes down the track and works it away through midwicket.

Nannes to Pathan,
no run,
fuller and strikes the pad, question asked, the ball pitches outside the leg stump.

18.2

Nannes to Pathan,
2 runs,
short delivery down the leg side, nudged down to fine leg for couple of runs. The scores are level.

18.3

Nannes to Pathan,
FOUR,
makes room and swings it down the ground to long on fence for the winning run.

Hugs from the players, they shake hands, Royals win by 5 wickets, fireworks in the back ground after the Pathan fireworks. Warne is a happy man and so is his team, a good game of cricket. It was the Royals bowling that did it for them today and some wonderful striking by Pathan. Smith and Pathan bringing them home.

Smith; "We had the power hitters and we knew we could get through." A tough game coming up for the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on thursday.

Sehwag: "We dropped couple of catches, may be if we had taken them, it would have been different. Till Yusuf came in, we were in control but he played well to hit some big sixes"

Warne: "We wanted someone at the top to take responsibility, so we tampered with the batting order. Pathan's striking was amazing. Had a chat with Munaf and he has done well and the rest of the bowlers."

No surprises for the Man-of-the-Match, it is Yusuf Pathan.

Pathan: "Today was my day, we targeted the smaller boundaries.".

Thanks for being with us, we hope you have enjoyed the commentary, do join us again for the double-header tomorrow, until then bye from all of us here at Cricinfo. Thanks to Raju and Gopi, who have helped us with the scoring.